OK--I have a dynamic DNS to my.domain.net, for example. Now the hostname ends up being computer.my.domain.net.
If I want use email to users on this system, how do I set up exim4 and what would be the address? [EMAIL PROTECTED] OR [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tuesday 24 August 2004 15:36, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The "domain name" of the local host is the part of its fully qualified > domain name (FQDN) that follows the first dot. > > The FQDN of the local host is its canonical host name (if the latter > is a FQDN). > > The canonical host name of the local host is determined by the > resolver. In the simplest configuration, where the resolver relies > on /etc/hosts, the canonical hostname is the first name on the line > that contains the unqualified hostname as an alias. E.g., suppose the > hostname is 'foo'. There is a line in /etc/hosts: > > 12.13.14.15 foo.bar.com foo > > The resolver returns 'foo.bar.com' as the canonical hostname of foo. > Then the "domain name" of foo is 'bar.com'. > > To display the canonical hostname of the local host, do: > > hostname --fqdn > > To display only the "domain name" part of this you can do: > > dnsdomainname
